Chipko movement

1. CHIPKO MOVEMENT SUMA LIMA NISCHAY SINHA

2. Deforestation  is the clearance of naturally occurring forests by the processes of humans' logging and/or burning of trees in a forested area.

3. INTRODUCTION Chipko means tree hugging or “embrace” as the villagers hugged the trees. The movement is best known for its tactic of hugging trees to prevent them being cut down and to prevent commercial timber harvesting.

4. ORIGIN Uttaranchal in 1970’s Birth place - Gopeshwar in District Chamoli . First Chipko action March 1974 in Reni village. Locally it is called as Angwal

5. BACKGROUND Government's decision to allot forest trees to a sports goods company. The local residents in Gopeshwar were denied the similar demand of getting few trees, required for making farm tools. Organized rallies to protect the forest from mass destruction. Idea of Chipko Movement originated.

6. BIRTH OF CHIPKO MOVEMENT Gaura Devi (an elderly woman) Head of the village Mahila Mangal Dal Mobilized village women for the movement when company men marched to cut the trees. She declared : “The forest nurtures us like a mother; you will only be able to use your axes on it but you have to use them first on us.”

7. THE SPREADING OF MOVEMENT Sunder Lal Bahuguna (Environmentalist) Enlightened the country and out world about the movement, its success and environmental impact. Padmabhushan winner for his contribution in the movement

8. Sunderlal Bahuguna

9. SPARKING OFF THE MOVEMENT Chandi Prasad Bhatt Sunder Lal Bahuguna Sarla Bahen from Lakshmi Ashram Women groups the Uttarakahand Sangharsh Vahini (USV)

10. SUCCESS OF CHIPKO MOVEMENT The movement has spread to many states in the country. It stopped felling of trees in the Western Ghats and the Vindhyas More than 1,00,000 trees have been saved from excavation By 1981, over a million trees had been planted through their efforts.

11. RECOGNITIONS Chandi Prasad Bhatt- Raman Megasessey award Sunder Lal Bahuguna - Padma Bhusan Award

12. QUOTES “Today Himalaya is calling you, Wake up my son , Do not allow my auction, Protect me from being slaughtered.” “Embrace the trees and Save them from being felled; The wealth of our hills, Save them from being looted.”